Bronchoarterial ratio and bronchial wall thickness on high-resolution CT in asymptomatic subjects: Correlation with age and smoking

American Journal of Roentgenology

Volumn 180, Issue 2, 2003, Pages 513-518

  Matsuoka, Shin ^a,b   Uchiyama, Katsuhiro ^a   Shima, Hideki ^a   Ueno, Naoyuki ^a   Oish, Sonomi ^a   Nojiri, Yoko ^a  

^a TEIKYO UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (Japan)

^b Fujisawa City Hospital   (Japan)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGE; AGED; AGING; ARTERY DIAMETER; ARTICLE; BRONCHIAL ARTERY; BRONCHIECTASIS; BRONCHUS; CARDIOVASCULAR DISEASE; DISEASE ASSOCIATION; FEMALE; HIGH RESOLUTION COMPUTER TOMOGRAPHY; HUMAN; LUNG DISEASE; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SMOKING;

EID: 0037307623     PISSN: 0361803X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2214/ajr.180.2.1800513     Document Type: Article

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